Present—The Chairman and Mr. Grylls. No quorum. ALEXANDRINA, August 11. Present—All the members except Mr. Mitchell. ...
Article : 2,675 wordsThe weather is still holding dry and exceedingly warm. The farmers arc beginning to feel uneasiness as to the prospect of a good wheat crop. The clouds which seemed banning up yesterday from the southward and ...
Article : 404 wordsThe following prisoners were arraigued and pleaded not guilty:—Bolby(an original native man), charged with indecently assaulting Mary Doc'an, a child five years of ...
Article : 8,464 wordsThe extraordinary fine weather mentioned in my last, two weeks since, still continues, and fears ere being entertained whether we [?]ali get any more rain this season. Still it is hoped we will get plenty yet, as we ...
Article : 711 wordsOn Wednesday evening, the 8th instant, a lecture was delivered in the old chapel by Mr. John Williams, the temperance advocate. Mr. R. P. Banfield occupied the chair. The lecturer dwelt principally on the religious ...
Article : 308 wordsA well-attended meeting of the wholesale warehousemen of Adelaide was held at Aldridge's on Friday evening, the 17th instant, to receive the report of the deputation appointed to wait on the retail drapers. ...
Article : 1,596 wordsAmong the incidents of the great day yesterday was the fact that the volunteers were under arms for three hours that morning, and were ready to receive His Excellency at the earliest moment possible for him to have ...
Article : 285 wordsPresent—The Mayor (in the chair), Alderman Holdsworth. and Councillors Wadham, Hambidge, Scarfe, Birrell, and Pulsford. Accounts amounting to £162 12s. 2d. were approved. ...
Article : 1,463 wordsIn my last letter informed you that steps were being taken to canvass the district, in order to ascertain whether it was possible to obtain from the Church of England denomination a sufficient sum to maintain a ...
Article : 405 wordsSuch is the perversity of human nature that receive we never so beneficently some boon we earnestly crave after, the granting thereof is but the precursor of further importunity—of renewed discontent. In the drought of ...
Article : 199 wordsThe alteration spoken of in my last letter respecting our mails really took piece on last Tuesday, the 14th instant. Since then our direct communication with Nuriootpa, Angaston, Stoekwell, Truro, the Murray, and all ...
Article : 467 wordsFELONIOUS ASSAULT.—James Square was placed in the dock, charged with feloniously assaulting George Frederick Ind, with intent to do him some bodily harm. The evidence showed that the prosecutor lived at ...
Article : 1,763 wordsThe weather is calm and continues very dry. Rain [?]si much wanting and anxiously looked for. The continuous sharp frosts, it is feared, will much affect the rops should rain not speedily come. ...
Article : 194 wordsThe weather during the past week has been very dry, and everything is beginning to look quite dried up, whilst clouds of dust may occasionally be seen in and about the wells. It is very certain it will be much felt ...
Article : 721 wordsThere is not much stirring here at present. The storekeepers complain of dull times, and all complain of the scarcity of money in circulation. I am informed that several of the farmers around this place still hold a ...
Article : 212 wordsFirst hearing. No creditors appearing, nothing was done in this case. FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. IN BE F. A. JANZEN. ...
Article : 124 wordsWallaroo Bay is situated on the western coast of Yorke's Peninsula, Speneer's Gulf, about three and a half miles south of Point Riley, and is shortly likely to become famous, owing to its close proximity to the ...
Article : 699 wordsEGAN AND ANOTHER v. EBLIN.—Action for £17 9.8d,for drapery goods. Neither plaintiff nor dependant appearing, judgment was ordered to take place in a fortnight. ...
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Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), Sat 18 Aug 1860, Page 4
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